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-N0 ,;725,1 O-1. PATENTED APR 14, 1903! I -J. LIEBER.

MAIL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1902.

s h wen fez UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LIEBER, OF BOONVILLE, MISSOURI.

MAIL-BOX.

srEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,101, dated April 14, 1903 Application filed July 1, 1902. Serial No. 114,0Q4. (No inadeh) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrn LIEBEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boonville, in the county of Cooper and State of Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Mail-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to m'ail-boxes,and especially boxes for use in rural mail-service, and has for its object to provide a device that is reasonable in cost of manufacture, simple 1n construction, convenient in operation, and

that will protect the mail-matter contained therein from the weather.

Eurther advantages of my invention will more fully appear hereinafter and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

- which- 2 the cover.

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my invention with the cover closed; Fig. 2, a similar view with the cover open; Fig. 3,'a front view; Fig. 4, a rear view, and Fig. 5 a crosssection on the line 5 5 of Fig. .1.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference'characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the box portion of my invention, and The box portion 1 is formed with a. vertical rear endii, a slanting front end 4, and its sides with-vertical portions 5 at their top and the lower portion slantinginwardly, as at 6, toward the bottom 7, whichis formed with corrugationsl ls to add rigidity thereto,

' as well as assist in-th removal of mail-matthe sides of the box and the side flanges 10' of the cover, saidlinks 11 being of 1982123 length, the front ones, however, being pivoted nearer the top of the box than the rear ones, this construction serving to give the cover a pitch downward when opened, thus assisting in manipulating the cover, as wellas throwing its'front end upward and making a larger space for the insertion of the hand in remov ing the mail-matter contained therein.

13 represents aloop of metal secured to the front 4, and 14 a hole in the front of thecover, which are adapted to receive a suitable'lock when the box is closed. I

15 represents a handle on the cover 2 to assist in opening and closing it, and 16 a suitable signal pivoted to the back flange of the cover by means of a rivet 16, said signal being used to indicate the presence of mail-matter in the box.

. 17 is a socket, secured to the bottom of the box 7 near the rear, which fits. on top of a post 18 and secured thereto by suitable means, 19 being a brace secured to the bottom 7 and the socket 17. By having the socket 17 near the rear of. the box it wilLbereadilyseen-thafi"? its'fropt extends ontward, so as to enable the mail-carrier to extract and deposit mail without alighting from his Wagon or dismounting from his horse, the post 18 being made sufficiently high to permit easy'access to the box by a mounted carrier.

Having thus described my. invention, what I claim is- 1. In a mailbox, a cover secured to the box by pivoted links, the rearlinks beingpivoted to the box at a point lower than the front links, said links adapted to swing in substann tially parallel planes in opening and closin said cover, as and for the purpose shown an described. 2. In a mail-box, a box Erwin g vertical sides, a cover having depending flanges, and links pivoted to said box and said flanges,

said links adapted to swing in substantially parallel planes in opening and closing said cover, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a mail box, a box having vertical sides, a cover having depending flanges, and links pivoted to said box and said flanges, the rear links being pivoted on a lower plane than the front links, said links adapted to swingin substantially parallel planesin open- J in g and closing said cover, as and forthe purpose shown anC described. a

4:. In a mail-box, a box having a corrugated bottom, a vertical rear wall, a slanting front wall,.aud the vertical side walls, a socket se cured to the bottom to receive a suitable supside walls and said flanges,

.the front of the cover 3 shown and described.

5. In a mail-box, a box having a corrugated bottom, a vertical rear wall, a slanting front wall, and the side walls vertical at their top I and slanting in wardly at their bottom ,a socket secured to the bottom ofthe box to receive a suitable support for the device,a cover formed with a curving top and depending flanges to project below the top of the box when closed, and links pivoted to the side flanges of the cover and the vertical portions of the side walls of the box, the rear links being pivoted on a lower plane than the front ones, said links adapted to swing in substantially parallel planes in opening and closingsaid cover, as) and for the purpose shown and described.

'6. In a mail-box, a box'having a corrugated bottom, wall, and the side walls vertical at their top and slanting inwardly at their bottom,a socket secured to the bottom of the box, a loop sea vertical rear wall, a slanting front I 3' 5 cured to the slanting fro'nt wall,a cover formed with a curving top-and depending flanges, links pivoted on the inside of the side flanges of the cover and the vertical portions of the side walls of the box, the rear links being pivoted to the box on a lower plane than the front ones, said links adapted to swing in substantially parallel planes in opening and closing said cover, and the front of the cover provided with a hole,

and described.

In testimony whereof I heretoaffix 'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- JOSEPH LIEBER.

Witnesses: v

NICHOLAS SMITH, WM. BECHTOLD.

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